Mode op hanging bells



J..B. YOUNG.

Door Bell'. No. 11,236. Patented July 4,1854.

UNITED STATES PATENT ,oFFIoE.

JEROME B. YOUNG, OF HARPERS FERRY, VIRGINIA.

MQZDE or HANGING BELLS.

Specification ofLetters Patent No. 11,236,} datdh1 4, 1854.

"and State of Virginia, have invented and made certain new and usefulImprovements in Bells; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the method of construction andmode of operating the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, andmaking a part of thls specification, 1n wlnch- Figure l, isa view of the bell complete,

attached to a door (for which the improve ment is, principallydesigned), and showing the lever handle of the bell, which is attachedto the screw G on the inside of the door. Fig. 2, shows section orfragment of the door rails A, with the bell B, B, B. The lever handle O,C, 0, passing in the direction of the dots through the tube D, D; thevertical pistons striker E, E, passing through the barrel or socket F,which is attached to thearm H, H, which has a screw thread O, to whichis attached the bell B, B, B.

To enable others to be skilled in the use and application of myinvention and improvements, I will proceed to describe the constructionand operation thereof, the nature and principles of which, consist inconstructing a door or signal bell, in the form of a bowl or dish likeshape, indicated by B, B, B, Fig. 2, of any required size, and attachingthe same by a female screw and a male screw G formed on the end .of anarm H, H, formed on the end of a cylindrical end of this tube, is formedan elbow and arm H, H; on the top of which is a barrel or socket F,through which passes and in which works a detached piston likegravitating st-ricker E, E, of steel or iron. The lower end of thisstriker rests on the small end of the actuating lever C, (1,0, when atrest. The. bell. B, B, B, being attached to the screw G, completes thewhole device; which is designedprincipally to be used as a front doorbell but which may beused in other ways and for other purposes.

Theiutility of my system of door bells is most obvious. First, becauseof the cheapness and simplicity of construction of the bell. Secondly,the non-liabi1ity to get out of order; the usualwires, cranks, &c.,being entirely dispensed with. Thirdly, the ready action of the bell,and sonorous, distinct sound afforded, which arises in part, fromthefact, that the door to which the bell is attached, acts as a soundingor reverberating medium; thus rendering the signal or alarm prompt andeffectual.

The method of operating the same is simple, and is readily understood ata glance by v reference to diagrams, Figs. 1, 2. The outside or handleend C, c, is struck or pressed down by the fingers or hand; which depression of the handle, lifts or throws up the striker E, E, which beingwithin the concavity of the bell, and having sufiicient room or play,strikes upward, against the inner circumference; thus producing thesignal or sound. The striker E, E, being confined within the socket, cannot by any ordinary means get out of place.

Having thus fully represented my improved hell by drawings, anddescribed the construction thereof, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows:

I claim the construction of a bell having attached thereto, an arm H, H,formed on a tube D, D, having working through it, an actuating lever G,O, 0, combined with a gravitating piston striker E, E, working through abarrel or socket F, attached to the elbow and arm H, H, the whole usedtogether with the tympanum B, B, B, and combined in its application withthe door of dtylelling, or otherwise, substantially as set ort JEROME B.YOUNG.

